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Chapter III · Smithfield

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I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.
II.
THE HALT AT NEWGATE.
265 III.
SMITHFIELD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
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Cardinal Pole

Chapter III · Smithfield

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I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.
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II.
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THE HALT AT NEWGATE.
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265 III.
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SMITHFIELD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

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TOWARDS preposition US /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading “I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.”

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260

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

265

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From this reading 265 III.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

ATprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

CENTURY

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From this reading SMITHFIELD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

FORMED

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

FORTH

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

HALT

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From this reading THE HALT AT NEWGATE.

HOW

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

II

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From this reading II.

III

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From this reading 265 III.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading SMITHFIELD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

NEWGATE

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From this reading THE HALT AT NEWGATE.

PAUL'S

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

PROCESSION

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

SAINT

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

SET

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

SIXTEENTH

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From this reading SMITHFIELD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

SMITHFIELD

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

SOLEMN

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From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE HALT AT NEWGATE.

TOWARDSprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.

WASauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT 260 PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD.